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Arkaba Adventure

Rimmed by spectacular ochre-coloured cliffs and wending its way past ancient red gums and through wildflower-studded grasslands, this four-day Flinders Ranges walk is a captivating must-do.

Great Ocean Walk

From cliff-top vistas to surf-pounded beaches and eucalypt woodlands, this multi-day trek showcases the best of coastal Victoria.

Turtle Troubles

A native turtle decimated by a mystery killer disease is being brought back from the brink of extinction with community help.

Wild Exposures

This years best nature photographs shine a spotlight on creatures and places manyof us might otherwise never see.

Reaching For The Sky

Flying ace and 2013 Australian Geographic Young Adventurer of the Year, Ryan Campbell, has a message to take to the world and nothing can stop him.

Chain Of Isles

Granite cliffs, white-sand beaches and clear blue waters typify the remote and ruggedly beautiful islands of theRecherche Archipelago, Western Australia.

Toxic Tides

An environmental disaster looms for remote East Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory, as tonnes of waste wash up on its shores.

Southern Exposure

The 2017 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year, Justin Gilligan, turns his creative eye to the uniqueicy world of beauty and contrast that he found at the end of the Earth on an expedition to East Antarctica.

City-Slicker Dragons

Australia’s water dragons are being changed by urban life.

The Last Muster

The end of an era was perfectly captured by Grenville Turner on a classic outback cattle station.

Howe Magnificent

Volunteers on the third annual Australian Geographic Society Lord Howe Island scientific expedition helped discover insect species previously unknown to science.

Silence, Please!

Our wide, open and very radio-quiet outback is radioastronomy heaven.

A Profound Life Of Icy Wonder

Our planet’s most inhospitable continent is dotted with landmarks bearing Syd Kirkby’s name.

Seeds Of Doubt

Should we feed our native birds? The answer is not so simple.

Taipan Territory

An encounter with one of the world’s most venomous snakes in an Australian desert: what more could a reptile enthusiast want?​​​

In Season

Australia’s farmers are delivering food in new and old ways.

Shifting Boundaries

The disastrous consequences of foxes, cane toads and other overseas animals settling in Australia are well known. But there can be problems too when our native species move beyond their natural home ranges.

Our Remarkable Rodents

Australia’s native rats and mice are as worthy of love and attention as the continent’s better-known marsupials.

A Major Problem

Victoria’s only significant population of Major Mitchell’s cockatoos is in terminal decline. Can a groundbreaking new approach save the birds?

Transcontinental Grandeur

Covering 4352km and four days, across Australia’s arid inland, the Indian Pacific is one of the world’s most celebrated train journeys.

Putting Shark Attacks In Perspective

Shark attacks are big news and hearing of them in the media can often prompt a moment’s hesitation when entering the water. But the chances of being killed by a shark are extremely small, and the odds will only improve further as we better understand the factors that motivate these tragic events.

Moments In Time

Boodjamulla National Park, in north-western Queensland, has a vibrant present and a past that stretches back into deep time.

Newcastle: A City Reborn

Australia’s former steel city is being stoked back to life, fuelled by a mix of entrepreneurial flair, community spirit, booming health and education sectors, and, of course, money.

Breaking Through To E.T.

The search for intelligent life beyond our planet, and even our own Solar System, is stepping up. What might it find? And what could any discoveries mean for humankind?

Northern Exposure

Talk to any keen road tripper about their bucket list of Aussie journeys and “doing the Gibb” will invariably come up. That’s the Gibb River Road, which transects the wild and remote Kimberley region of north-west Western Australia.

Mystery In The Desert

With all the ingredients of a thriller government cover-ups, local rivalry and intrigue the story of the Marree Man geoglyph in South Australia is enduringly fascinating.

Rural Mural

A series of giant artworks on old grain silos ishelping reinvigorate a string of small towns in the Wimmera-Mallee region of western Victoria.

Urban Bandicoots

Its time we developed a new appreciation for these misunderstood and much-maligned marsupials.

Seeing With Their Ears

The tiniest bat and mightiest toothed whale navigate and hunt in darkness using echolocation. Even some humans have this remarkable skill.

Desert Brushstrokes

In the Badlands of South Australia, Mother Nature has painted the ragged outback landscape in bold and ancient colours.